What is Honto in Japanese

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has won a prestigious Spanish prize for his pioneering work on designing temporary shelters for people affected by natural disasters and armed conflict ...

Train announcement recording in Japanese: ‘Mukōgaoka-yūen desu’. Then the English recording: ‘The next station will be Mukōgaokayūen’. Third time by conductor (guttural, throaty, choked): ...

Without further ado, I present The Ventings of a Recent Homebuyer in Japan. 1) Heating and air conditioning. Central heat and air hasn’t caught on in Japan, and in the hundreds of houses I’ve viewed ...

Did you ever wonder why ritual tea drinking is so inextricably linked to Japanese culture? It's a long story. Really long, dating back more than 1,000 years to the 11th century (via Britannica) when ...

BBC editorial compliance specialist Karen Myers, 49, found seeing her breasts and scars reminded her of a negative time ...

Bitcoin trading in Japan has been on the rise in recent years. This is due to a number of factors, including the country's economic situation and the increasing popularity of cryptocurrencies.

Every country can make a case for being unique but perhaps nowhere has a better sense of being distinct than Japan. While the rest of the world experienced the industrial revolution, it shut ...

A unique take on modern life in Japan’s capital city. A Japan of trains, every day to and fro, carriage scenes and theatre, vistas from the window, advertising posters. Each to be savoured through a ...

Taketomi village in the Yaeyama Islands, Okinawa. Picture: Okinawa Convention and Visitors Bureau Taketomi village’s 351 residents live in a maze of red-tiled, one-storey houses. Rooms in the ...

London-based Japanese singer, songwriter, composer, and producer Mieko Shimizu presents her new EP titled Phenomena of the Mind. The EP consists of a ...

Shenzhen SwaySure Technology, incorporated in March 2022 as part of the southern Chinese city's plan to become a semiconductor hub, last week named 74-year-old Yukio Sakamoto, former chief executive ...